According to the Kremlin press service, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the federal law "On Countering Terrorism".

The law had been passed by State Duma (lower house of parliament) on February 26 and approved by the Federation Council (upper house of parliament) on March 1.

The law sets forth "the basic principles of countering terrorism, and legal and organizational foundations for forestalling and fighting terrorism, minimizing and/or eliminating the consequences of terrorist activities, as well as legal and organizational foundations for the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in fighting terrorism".